--- name: "Raymond Huntley" canonical: "https://film.one/person/raymond-huntley" roles: ["Actor"] born: "23 April 1904" died: "19 October 1990" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T03:40:20.760073+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Raymond Huntley Actor. Born 23 April 1904 in King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK. Died 19 October 1990. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 23 April 1904, King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK - **Died:** 19 October 1990 - **Also known as:** Horace Raymond Huntley, Рэймонд Хантли - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 82 (1), 1960s 86 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Huntley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1755953, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0403171/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87071 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Room at the Top*](https://film.one/film/room-at-the-top.md) (82) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Raymond Huntley was an English actor who appeared in dozens of British films from the 1930s to the 1970s. He is also known for his television role as the family solicitor Sir Geoffrey Dillon in the ITV series *Upstairs, Downstairs* (1971–1975). Born in King's Norton, Worcestershire, Huntley made his stage debut at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1922 and his London debut in 1924. He played Count Dracula in the 1927 London stage adaptation of the novel and later appeared in other West End and Broadway productions. His film roles include Mr. Hoylake in *Room at the Top* (1958), Joseph Whemple in *The Mummy* (1959), Nathaniel Beenstock in *Hobson's Choice* (1954), and Mr. Wix in *Passport to Pimlico* (1949). He died in London in 1990. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, web.archive.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these - *Room at the Top* (1958), Fi1m 82, as Mr. Hoylake — [page](https://film.one/film/room-at-the-top.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Breathless* (1960), Fi1m 86, as A Journalist (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/breathless.md) ## Complete filmography (117) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Sleepwalker* (1984), as Old Englishman - *A Voyage Round My Father* (1984), as Judge - *Brass* (1983), series, as Judge - *The Portland Millions* (1976), as Dr. Tristram - *Victorian Scandals* (1976), series, as Dr Tristram - *My Honourable Mrs* (1975), series, as Professor Walter Ramsay - *Symptoms* (1974), as Burke - *That's Your Funeral* (1972), as Emmanuel Holroyd - *Crown Court* (1972), series, as Mr. Justice Downes, Mr. Justice Ambleforth - *Sykes* (1972), series, as Mr. Gatwick - *Young Winston* (1972), as Old Officer - *Upstairs, Downstairs* (1971), series, as Sir Geoffrey Dillon — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/upstairs-downstairs.md) - *Justice* (1971), series, as Judge, High Court Judge - *That's Your Funeral* (1970), series, as Emanuel Holroyd - *Softly Softly: Task Force* (1969), series, as Doctor Mancroft - *Destiny of a Spy* (1969), as Supt. Pode - *Arthur? Arthur!* (1969), as George Payne - *The Adding Machine* (1969), as Smithers - *Who-Dun-It* (1969), series, as Inspector Elvin - *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, as Alderman Tindal - *Hostile Witness* (1968), as John Naylor - *Hot Millions* (1968), as Bayswater - *The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery* (1966), as Sir Horace, the Minister - *Rotten to the Core* (1965), as Governor - *A Man Called Harry Brent* (1965), series, as Sir Gordon Town - *Gideon's Way* (1965), series, as Sir Percy Richmond - *The Black Torment* (1964), as Colonel John Wentworth - *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as Superintendent Willow, Dr. Hallam Aitkinson - *Father Came Too!* (1964), as Mr. Wedgewood - *The Yellow Teddy Bears* (1963), as Harry Haliburton - *Nurse on Wheels* (1963), as Vicar Walcott - *On the Beat* (1962), as Sir Ronald Ackroyd - *Waltz of the Toreadors* (1962), as Ackroyd - *Crooks Anonymous* (1962), as Mr. Wagstaffe - *Only Two Can Play* (1962), as Vernon - *Steptoe and Son* (1962), series, as Psychiatrist — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/steptoe-and-son.md) - *Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle* (1961), as Mr. Gaunt - *Sir Francis Drake* (1961), series, as Doctor Dee - *The Pure Hell of St Trinian's* (1960), as Judge Slender - *Suspect* (1960), as Sir George Gatting the Minister of Defense - *Barnaby Rudge* (1960), series, as Mr. John Chester - *Sunday-Night Play* (1960), series, as The Reader, Sir Edward Moss, Sir Arthur Hopwood-Lane, Herbert Nodes, Gilbert Morris - *Danger Man* (1960), series, as Clements - *Sands of the Desert* (1960), as Bossom - *A French Mistress* (1960), as Reverend Edwin Peake - *Make Mine Mink* (1960), as Inspector Pape - *Follow That Horse!* (1960), Actor - *On Trial* (1960), series, as Travers Humphreys - *Bottoms Up!* (1960), as Garrick-Jones - *Breathless* (1960), as A Journalist (uncredited) — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/breathless.md) - *Our Man in Havana* (1960), as General - *Knight Errant Limited* (1959), series, as Dr. Felthorpe, Henry Latto - *No Hiding Place* (1959), series, as Ward - *Interpol Calling* (1959), series, as Schroeder - *I'm All Right Jack* (1959), as Magistrate - *The Mummy* (1959), as Joseph Whemple - *Innocent Meeting* (1959), as Harold Phillips - *Carlton-Browne of the F.O.* (1959), as Foreign Secretary Tufton-Slade - *Room at the Top* (1958), as Mr. Hoylake — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/room-at-the-top.md) - *The Criminals* (1958), as Hector Crawford - *Next to No Time* (1958), as Forbes · Factory Supervisor - *A Time Of Day* (1957), series, Actor - *Brothers in Law* (1957), as Tatlock Q.C. - *Town on Trial* (1957), as Dr. Reese - *Theatre Night* (1957), series, as Sir Norman Tullis, Dr. Rodd - *The Green Man* (1956), as Sir Gregory Upshott - *The Last Man to Hang* (1956), as Attorney General - *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Sturdee, Carlo, Hector Crawford, Mr. Gaunt - *Hancock's Half Hour* (1956), series, as Doctor - *The Count of Monte Cristo* (1956), series, as Reimer - *Geordie* (1955), as Olympic Selector - *Doctor at Sea* (1955), as Captain Beamish - *The Dam Busters* (1955), as Official, National Physical Laboratory - *The Constant Husband* (1955), as J.F. Hassett - *The Prisoner* (1955), as The General - *Aunt Clara* (1954), as Rev. Maurice Hilton - *The Teckman Mystery* (1954), as Maurice Miller - *Orders Are Orders* (1954), as Col. Fred Bellamy - *Hobson's Choice* (1954), as Nathaniel Beenstock - *Meet Mr. Lucifer* (1953), as Patterson - *Glad Tidings* (1953), as Tom Forester - *Laxdale Hall* (1953), as Samuel Pettigrew, M.P. - *Number Three* (1953), as Prof. Brander - *The Last Page* (1952), as Clive Oliver - *When We Are Married* (1951), as Councillor Albert Parker - *Mr. Denning Drives North* (1951), as Wright - *The House in the Square* (1951), as Mr. Throstle - *The Long Dark Hall* (1951), as Chief Inspector Sullivan - *Trio* (1950), as Mr. Henry Chester - *Sunday Night Theatre* (1950), series, as Mr. Culver, Crichton, Spence, Inspector Hubbard, Prof. Brander, Gordon Meslin, Challiss, Manning, Lord Laithwaite - *Passport to Pimlico* (1949), as Mr. Wix - *It's Hard to be Good* (1948), as Williams - *Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill* (1948), as Moy-Thompson - *So Evil My Love* (1948), as Henry Courtney - *Broken Journey* (1948), as Edward Marshall - *School for Secrets* (1946), as Prof. Laxton-Jones - *I See a Dark Stranger* (1946), as J. Miller - *They Came to a City* (1944), as Malcolm Stritton - *The Way Ahead* (1944), as Pvt. Herbert Davenport - *When We Are Married* (1943), as Albert Parker - *The New Lot* (1943), as Barrington - *The Day Will Dawn* (1942), Actor - *"Pimpernel" Smith* (1941), as Marx - *Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It* (1941), as Dr. Kerbishley - *The Ghost Train* (1941), as John Price - *The Ghost of St. Michael's* (1941), as Mr Humphries - *Freedom Radio* (1941), as Rabenau - *Night Train to Munich* (1940), as Kampenfeldt - *Let's Be Famous* (1939), as Singer in trio (uncredited) - *When We Are Married* (1938), as Councillor Albert Parker - *Dinner at the Ritz* (1937), as Gibout - *Knight Without Armour* (1937), as White Officer - *London Melody* (1937), as Policeman Outside Nightclub - *Rembrandt* (1936), as Ludwick - *Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife* (1936), as Langer - *Can You Hear Me, Mother?* (1935), as Dolan - *What Happened Then?* (1934), Actor ## Gallery - ![Raymond Huntley](https://film.one/media/person/388059/gallery-a9bbc8ef23d8.jpg) Raymond Huntley — Image via TMDB - ![Raymond Huntley](https://film.one/media/person/388059/gallery-82ab9c12d9d7.jpg) Raymond Huntley — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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